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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11336708 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2021

Method and apparatus for content distribution over a network

Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Kadangode Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Hgts, NJ (US);

Yifan Hu, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);

Robert Bell, Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Jeffrey Pang, Berkeley, CA (US);

Jeffrey Erman, Morristown, NJ (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Guntin & Gust, PLC

Kenneth Kwan

Primary Examiner:

Razu A Miah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04L 65/1016 (2022.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); H04L 67/30 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); G06F 16/90324 (2019.01); G06F 16/9574 (2019.01); G06F 16/9577 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/466 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/8173 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example transmitting, via a connection to a network having an available digital bandwidth, a first pre-fetch media content item of media content items included in the a media recommendation transmitted to a communication device, the first pre-fetch media content item having a first rank. Responsive to a determination of a change in the available digital bandwidth, the transmitting of the first pre-fetch media content item is stopped and a second pre-fetch media content item of media content items included in the media recommendation is transmitted via the connection to the network. The second pre-fetch media content item has a second rank. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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